Faculty Promotions and Tenures Announced

The CSUDH Office of Academic Affairs released the list of the faculty members who have been granted tenure and/or promotions by President Thomas Parham for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.
In all, 28 individuals were promoted and/or granted tenure, including faculty from all five CSUDH colleges and the University Library.
TENURE AND PROMOTION TO FULL PROFESSOR
Meghna Singhvi, Accounting, Finance, and Economics
PROMOTION TO FULL PROFESSOR
Adriana Aldana, Social Work
Orie Berezan, Management and Marketing
Ximena Cid, Physics
Kimberly Huth, English
Karin Kram, Biology
Megumi Kuwabara, Child Development
Kelin Li, Sociology
Payman Nasr, Clinical Science
Joanna Perez, Sociology
Fynnwin Prager, Public Administration
Sonal Singhal, Biology
Sarah Taylor, Anthropology
TENURE AND PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Nallely Arteaga, Teacher Education
Kaitlyn Breiner, Child Development
Shaunte Caraballo, Theatre and Dance
Qiyuan Jin, Public Administration
Sunghoon Joo, Accounting, Finance, and Economics
Michael Karlin, Liberal Studies
Yeaji Kim, Political Science
Hui Li, Public Administration
Sally Mahmoud, School of Nursing
Miriam Hernandez Martinez, Communications
Ha Nguyen, Mathematics
Sheryl Ryan, Occupational Therapy
Mahmoud Salari, Accounting, Finance and Economics
Minhye Son, Teacher Education
Daniel Swiatek, Occupational Therapy
TENURE AND PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN
Margaret Clarke, University Library
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